Shirley ups the ante : Wed Aug 29, 2012 10:24 pm  

O'loughlin trying to wind things up already with an unnecessary dig. Pride comes before a fall so lets hope we can win at the pie dome and then knock them out in the play offs again (and finish the job in the final). http://www.thesun.co.uk/sol/homepage/sport/rugby_league/4508955/Sean-OLoughlin-eyes-sweet-Wigan-Shield-joy-against-St-Helens.html

O'loughlin trying to wind things up already with an unnecessary dig. Pride comes before a fall so lets hope we can win at the pie dome and then knock them out in the play offs again (and finish the job in the final). http://www.thesun.co.uk/sol/homepage/sport/rugby_league/4508955/Sean-OLoughlin-eyes-sweet-Wigan-Shield-joy-against-St-Helens.html

Re: Shirley ups the ante : Thu Aug 30, 2012 7:16 am  

Hardly a dig saying it would be 'sweet'.

I'd say on our form though there's every chance you could beat us in that game and in the play offs.

Re: Shirley ups the ante : Thu Aug 30, 2012 10:09 am  

Don't know if they would present it then. When we clinched the title they wouldn't give it to us at Wigan we ended with it being thrown at us at halftime at a home game. I know we were not at home and Wigan are so we will have to wait and see. I think Saints could well win that game - it depends on how much Wane cranks it up.

Re: Shirley ups the ante : Thu Aug 30, 2012 12:57 pm  

They'll be okay. Since we overtook the Pies as Lancashire's number one RL team they've found it very easy to motivate themselves against us and it's something that sits as a massive chip on Wane's shoulder. It's why he can get his charges up for matches against us i.e. it's an inverse late 80s/early 90s situation.

Re: Shirley ups the ante : Thu Aug 30, 2012 5:22 pm  

O’Loughlin (left) said: “It would be sweet to get it presented against St Helens

looked left, can't see him

Re: Shirley ups the ante : Thu Aug 30, 2012 6:18 pm  

He was being interviewed, so he was hardly likely to say it was going to be a terrible experience.

Re: Shirley ups the ante : Sat Sep 01, 2012 6:31 am  

saint at wire wrote: O'loughlin trying to wind things up already with an unnecessary dig. Pride comes before a fall so lets hope we can win at the pie dome and then knock them out in the play offs again (and finish the job in the final). http://www.thesun.co.uk/sol/homepage/sport/rugby_league/4508955/Sean-OLoughlin-eyes-sweet-Wigan-Shield-joy-against-St-Helens.html If you beat us next week then chances are you won't play us until the final. Would you guys rather finish 3rd and travel to Wire or 4th and play us? (probably twice)

saint at wire wrote: O'loughlin trying to wind things up already with an unnecessary dig. Pride comes before a fall so lets hope we can win at the pie dome and then knock them out in the play offs again (and finish the job in the final). http://www.thesun.co.uk/sol/homepage/sport/rugby_league/4508955/Sean-OLoughlin-eyes-sweet-Wigan-Shield-joy-against-St-Helens.html If you beat us next week then chances are you won't play us until the final. Would you guys rather finish 3rd and travel to Wire or 4th and play us? (probably twice)

Re: Shirley ups the ante : Sat Sep 01, 2012 11:05 am  

Conroy wrote:

If you beat us next week then chances are you won't play us until the final.


Would you guys rather finish 3rd and travel to Wire or 4th and play us? (probably twice)

From what we've shown this year, it really doesn't matter as the result will remain the same unless we churn out something different in the Play Offs.

Re: Shirley ups the ante : Sat Sep 01, 2012 11:07 am  

Conroy wrote:

Would you guys rather finish 3rd and travel to Wire or 4th and play us? (probably twice)

I think we've more chance of beating Wire than you in a big one-off game at the moment but we're going to need a lot of things to go in our favour to realistically stand a chance of getting to O/T whoever we play. Either scenario is a living nightmare though and I just wish we could've finished 5th. Couldn't we just shoot ourselves in the head instead?

Re: Shirley ups the ante : Mon Sep 03, 2012 2:25 pm  

It would be terrible if they got beat and suffered inuries to key players (particularly if they were all caused by the foul play of one individual) before the trophy was presented.